April 2011
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Paleo Eats: 3/31/11
I had a busy, busy day and I’m still a little wonky from lack of sleep so this post will be short and sweet.
For breakfast, I fried up two eggs in butter and sprinkled on Fines Herbes seasoning. I ate them with leftover roasted butternut squash, roasted curried cauliflower, and nuked frozen broccoli.
After attending Little-O’s gym class and grocery shopping at Whole Paycheck, I...
March 2011
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Glory Days Revisited
Yay! I won free asparagus for a month! Thank you to all who voted for my roasted prosciutto-wrapped asparagus spears recipe on the Mountain View Farmers’ Market Facebook page. My pee will be stanky for a month and I welcome it!
It’s nice to win something again. Back in high school, I’d win swag at least twice a week. How, you ask? I won call-in radio contests. ALL. THE. TIME. It was my...
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Paleo Eats: 3/30/11
I thought my last night of work would never get here…
Are you curious to see what meals I packed in my expansive reusable cloth grocery bag? Don’t kid yourself. It’s all about the porn.
FOOD porn, you pervert.
The first meal I ate at work was some leftover pork pot roast; cauliflower, carrot, and parsnip puree; and nuked frozen green beans. Yep, it’s the same thing I ate the night...
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Paleo Eats: 3/29/11
Another busy 24 hours…wanna see how I fueled myself?
The first meal I ate at work was some leftover pork pot roast; cauliflower, carrot, and parsnip puree; and nuked frozen green beans.
At snack time, I ate another small container of macadamia nuts and coconut flakes.
My last meal at work was a box of Asian cauliflower fried rice tossed with broiled asparagus and diced Applegate Farms roast...
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Damn Fine Chicken
Did that title catch your attention? Good.
This recipe was inspired by David Lebovitz — whom I’ve already written about crushing on. I love his easy and delicious recipe for roast chicken with caramelized shallots, and this is my take on it. It’s super simple and scrumptious — MAKE IT ALREADY!
I’ve prepared this dish a number of different ways (subbing in different...
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Cauliflower & Carrot Puree
If you haven’t noticed, I’m obsessed with making veggie purees this week. Tonight I made another one with cauliflower, carrots, onions, and garlic. I love the original recipe for garlic cauliflower mashed potatoes but with this recipe you get a healthy dose of beta carotene AND clean-up is a breeze — just one pot and the immersion blender. I’m all about the shortcuts.
Here’s...
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Paleo Eats: 3/28/11
What did I eat at work today? I thought you’d never ask.
My first meal of the day was a big bowl of curried cream of broccoli soup and sous vide chicken breast.
I know it looks like there’s only a small piece of chicken in the soup but there’s a ton of meat lurking under the surface.
For snack, I ate a small container of coconut flakes and macadamia nuts. I love this snack. Note to self:...
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Paleo Eats: 3/27/11
I had a busy 24 hours: I went to work, picked up veggies and half a hog at the farmers’ market, slept, hosted my glam fashion exec cousin and her charming hubby for dinner, did a short stint of exercise in the garage, and I went back to work again. That’s it, folks. I’m signing off.
What?
You want pictures and more details? So damn demanding…
While I was at work, I ate some sous vide chicken...
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Cauliflower, Carrot, and Parsnip Puree
Tonight, I decided to fiddle with my carrot and parsnip puree recipe and toss in some cauliflower. Why mess with a good thing? Well, I picked up some cute baby cauliflower heads at the Mountain View Farmers’ Market…
…and I was feeling wild and crazy. I could’ve ended up with a pot of grossness but, luckily, my tinkering led to another yummy mashed potato substitute.
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Paleo Eats: 3/26/11
Another day, another dollar, right? Thankfully, I just have to get through five more nights until my PTO.
My first meal at work was leftover sous vide rack of lamb, cauliflower puree, and roasted broccoli and bacon.
At snack time, I gobbled up a small container of coconut butter. This kept me full until the end of work so I didn’t eat the dinner I packed again.
After work, I picked up my...
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Sous Vide Grass Fed Beef Burgers
Sous viding burgers is a great way to get burgers EXACTLY how you want them. No more poking, prodding, and second guessing yourself. You want it medium rare – just cook them at 130-132F. It’s that simple. (Remember — you can hack your own sous vide machine for cheap.)
I was pretty happy with the tasty sous vide lamb burgers I made last week so I decided to make some beef burgers tonight....
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Paleo Eats: 3/25/11
I knew I was going to have a great night at work because my Work Husband (not to be confused with my actual husband) brought me a present…
Yep, it’s a pound of grass fed beef suet! Nothing makes this cavegirl smile like a block of frozen fat.
For my first meal at work, I ate some “emergency protein” (seasoned grass fed ground beef with collards and bacon) over a bed of nuked frozen...
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Carrot & Parsnip Puree
Looking for a substitute for mashed potatoes but you’re tired of eating cauliflower or winter squash puree? Make some carrot and parsnip puree!
Yesterday, my vegetable CSA box came with some big ass Chantenay carrots and parsnips. After googling the interwebs to figure out what to make with them, I came across this recipe for carrot and parsnip puree from Miss Martha Stewart. I changed the...
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Paleo Eats: 3/24/11
I’m back at work! Since I have PTO coming up, I’m definitely counting down every minute until vacation.
My first meal of the night wasn’t until 3:00 a.m. when I ate some leftover frittata, nuked green beans, macadamia nuts, and coconut flakes.
Right before I left work, I ate some leftover sous vide rack of lamb, cauliflower puree, sautéed mushrooms, and roasted broccoli and bacon.
When I got...
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Slow Cooker Pork Pot Roast
I know that it might seem like my SousVide Supreme holds favored appliance status in the kitchen (and it does), but slowly, yet surely, my cheap-ass Crock-Pot is coming in out of the doghouse.
The Crock-Pot was banished to the garage (a.k.a. appliance doghouse) due to it’s inconsistent output but now I think it might deserve it’s own permanent spot on the kitchen counter. Gasp!
Why...
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Paleo Eats: 3/23/11
This morning I woke up with yet another sore throat. Stress, lack of sleep, and going balls to the wall during yesterday’s WOD may have a little something to do with it. Perfect timing, too, since I was starting work tonight. Someone punch me in the face, please.
I had no leftover protein again and no time to cook a proper breakfast, so I opened up another can of sardines and ate that with...
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Sous Vide Rack of Lamb (Take 2)
Our meat CSA had a 10% discount on all lamb products this month, so I stocked up our chest freezer with mutton-y goodness. I’ve made sous vide rack of lamb before with good results so I wanted to make them again tonight.
Here’s the small amount of work I did to feed 5 hungry adults:
I patted my two racks dry and liberally seasoned them with salt and pepper.
As you can see, these racks...
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Paleo Eats: 3/22/11
When I woke up this morning, I didn’t know what the hell I was going to eat for breakfast. I had no leftover protein in the fridge and I didn’t have time to fry an egg.
Then, I remembered that we have scads of sardine tins in our pantry so I cracked one open and ate it with a handful of macadamia nuts and roasted red bell peppers.
After taking Big-O to school, I packed my post workout meal and...
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Paleo Eats: 3/21/11
There’s no better way to start the day than with a frittata. The one I cooked this morning contained 3 pastured eggs, sautéed mushrooms, nuked frozen spinach, leftover broiled asparagus, Sunny Paris seasoning, and a splash of organic heavy cream.
After breakfast, I seasoned and vacuum-sealed two rib steaks from Full of Life Farm that I was going to sous vide for 6-8 hours in the afternoon.
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Sous Vide Grass Fed Rib Steaks
Tonight, I experimented sous viding another cut of grass fed beef, rib steaks from Full of Life Farm. Rib steaks, a.k.a. cowboy steaks, are rib eye steaks with the rib bone still attached.
When I opened the package I immediately noticed that these steaks were way more marbled and fatty than the grass fed ones I normally get from Marin Sun Farms or Pampero Ranch.
Yes!
One of the things I...
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Paleo Eats: 3/20/11
When I woke up this morning it was raining hard and the wind was howling – love it! I know most people prefer sunny weather but gloomy, stormy weather makes me smile. On the weeks when I’m working the graveyard shift, it lulls me to sleep in the middle of the day. On my days off, I love being “trapped” inside and just chilling out with the family. Thing get complicated when we have places to go....
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Paleo Eats: 3/19/11
Ahhh…the weekend! With my work schedule, I only get every other weekend off to spend with my family so I try to savor these days as much as I can.
Okay, that sounds so dramatic. Especially given the fact that I get a week off every other week. Truth be told, I’m just stoked that hubs is off on the weekends so I’m not tackling the kiddos by myself.
This morning, my first meal of the day was...
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Sous Vide Grass Fed Flank Steak
I’m always hesitant to cook new cuts of grass fed beef in my SousVide Supreme because my results have been hit-or-miss. When I mess up, I end up with a ton of powdery, overly-tender leftovers that I have to force myself to choke down. (It’s too damn expensive to toss, people.)
After perusing the interwebs and consulting my Douglas Baldwin sous vide bible, I decided to cook my grass fed...
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Roasted Turnips
Turnips, similar to celery root, used to wallow at the bottom of my crisper whenever they’d show up in my veggie CSA box. Not anymore. I’ve discovered that they’re fantastic roasted in the oven. EVERY veggie is better roasted.
Here’s what I gathered to serve 4 peeps:
2 pounds of turnips, peeled (make sure you peel at least a layer past the skin because they can be fiber-y) and cut into...
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Paleo Eats: 3/18/11
I got a great night’s sleep last night – almost 9 hours! Too bad I’m still playing catch-up…
For breakfast, I sautéed some mushrooms and nuked frozen spinach…
…and then turned it into a frittata by adding three eggs whisked with some full-fat Greek yogurt and Fines Herbes seasoning.
I’m glad I don’t do any baking anymore because the eggs I received from Marin Sun Farms ain’t...
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Red Cabbage Slaw with Tangy Carrot Ginger Dressing
I was inspired to make this cabbage slaw after reading the awesome ode to cabbage on CaveGirl Eats. She’s one smart and sassy cavegirl.
I love me some cabbage but I don’t always have 2.5 hours to make my favorite braised cabbage recipe. Sometimes I just wanna chop up a raw cabbage, throw on some dressing and be done with it. So that’s what I did tonight.
Here’s what I gathered to make...
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Sous Vide Lamb Burgers
I’ve been trying to branch out and soak new proteins in my SousVide Supreme. Today, I experimented with making lamb burgers in my water oven. Why? Well, my go-to guy for all things sous vide, J. Kenji Lopez-Alt over at Serious Eats’ Food Lab, has some compelling reasons why you should sous vide your burgers. What really sold me was his drool-worthy description of sous vide burgers:
We’re...
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Paleo Eats: 3/17/11
Back to waking up with the sun! Too bad I slept crappy last night and the sun rose way too early…
This morning, I fueled myself for the long day ahead by chowing down on a fried egg, chicken apple sausage, and nuked frozen broccoli.
Since I ate that green stuff, no one was allowed to pinch me today.
I spent the morning running errands with Little-O and we met my parents for lunch at...
Anonymous asked: Just wondering, why did you choose to go lacto-Paleo and not strict Paleo? Anyway, love your photos and blog posts. Keep kicking ass at CrossFit (I'm a CrossFitter myself and love it)!
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Paleo Eats: 3/16/11
Here’s what I ate on my last night of work this week:
My first meal at work was a box of leftover Arizona Dreaming seasoned ground pork and mushrooms with broiled asparagus.
For snack, I ate a small container of coconut flakes and some sliced strawberries with coconut milk.
At the end of my night shift, I chowed down a box of leftover sous vide pork loin roast, roasted kabocha squash, and...
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Sous Vide Soft-Boiled Eggs (First Attempt)
I’ve always wanted to cook eggs in my SousVide Supreme but I’ve never made them until tonight. There’ve been lots of aborted attempts because by the time I want to make them I’m too dang hungry, tired, or impatient to wait an hour for the eggs to cook. Yes, you read that right. It takes at least 45 minutes to an hour to sous vide an egg.
Why the hell would you wait that long to cook an egg when...
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Paleo Eats: 3/15/11
Hello everyone out there! Wanna know what I ate on my second to last night of work?
I was kind of hungry when the clock struck midnight, so I ate a hard-boiled egg and continued working. A couple hours later, I ate a box of leftover kebabs and vegetables from New Kapadokia.
It was dry and overcooked when I ate it the night before so I knew it wasn’t gonna be any tastier the second go around....
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Paleo Eats: 3/14/11
Only three more nights of work! Here’s what I ate to fuel me through my shift:
For my first meal at work, I ate some nuked frozen broccoli and mini frittata muffins.
Yep, these are same the ones I baked in my new silicone baking cups.
At snack time, I ate some strawberries and coconut milk.
After reading hubby’s post on eating carbs, I was reminded that eating some fruit actually means...
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Sous Vide Pork Loin Roast
I’ve made sous vide pork chops with great sucess numerous times but tonight was my first attempt at sous viding a whole pork loin roast in the water oven. The roast turned out fantastic and it only took me about 10 minutes of actual hands-on work. Wanna see how I did it?
Here’s what I gathered to feed 6 adults:
2 ¼ pound boneless pastured pork loin roast
Arizona Dreaming seasoning (or your...
Anonymous asked: Hello There,
I came across your blog last weekend and instantly fell in love! it's nice to see a day by day of what you eat and do. As of lately I had been running out of reciepes, but your blog and a few others helped me back into the light. I wanted to ask about your CSA, what do you do when you get items you don't want? Like potatoes. Also when you buy your sides of...
I came across your blog last weekend and instantly fell in love! it's nice to see a day by day of what you eat and do. As of lately I had been running out of reciepes, but your blog and a few others helped me back into the light. I wanted to ask about your CSA, what do you do when you get items you don't want? Like potatoes. Also when you buy your sides of...
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Paleo Eats: 3/13/11
Everyone curses the morning daylight saving time rolls around – except for night shift workers. I LOVE that at 2:00 a.m., the clock magically moves forward an hour. Who likes working an hour less? This gal!
For my first meal at work, I ate leftover chicken cacciatore and broiled asparagus.
As a special (daily) treat, I also ate a couple spoonfuls of melted coconut butter.
Midway through my...
Anonymous asked: Love your site! I'm wondering what type and brand of vacuum sealer you're using for sous vide. Thanks!
Anonymous asked: What is the benefits of Sous Vide(ing?) your food rather than baking, sauteeing etc. The only thing I'm picking up on is that this seems like poaching meat but being able to flavor with herbs and rub.
Anonymous asked: Hi,
What kind of eggs do you buy?
Erin
What kind of eggs do you buy?
Erin
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Paleo Eats: 3/12/11
Damn. I think I cursed myself when I blogged that yesterday’s work shift was nice and calm ‘cause I walked into a shitstorm tonight.
When I finally had a chance to eat, I ate a box of leftover chicken cacciatore and broiled asparagus.
For my snack, I scarfed down some roasted red bell peppers, baby carrots, sous vide chicken breast, and Aubergine dip.
I also slurped up a ½ cup of coconut...
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Le Creuset Silicone Baking Cups = Game Changer
I guess the title of the post is kind of a spoiler, huh?
I’ve been itching to try silicone baking cups for a while because I’m tired of greasing paper liners and having my mini egg muffin STILL stick to them.
The packaging of my new Le Creuset silicone baking cups promises the following:
100% premium quality, FDA compliant silicone.
Oven, microwave, freezer, and dishwasher safe.
Flexible...
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Paleo Eats: 3/11/11
Work was a lot calmer today. It can’t be crazy every day or my cortisol levels would be through the roof. It’s bad enough that my baseline cortisol level is higher from doing shift work but I also woke up with a sore throat. Uh oh.
Anyways, here are my eats for the day:
My first meal at work was some leftover mini egg frittatas and nuked frozen broccoli.
I chased it down with a small...
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Paleo Eats: 3/10/11
As soon as I got to work, it was busy, busy, busy. Whoa, Nelly! Stop getting sick, people!
My first meal at work wasn’t until 3:00 a.m. when I ate sous vide chicken breast, roasted bell peppers, and nuked frozen broccoli.
Right before I left work, I ate leftover Korean short ribs, garlic cauliflower mashed potatoes, roasted Brussels sprouts, and sautéed spinach.
I took Little-O to his...
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Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore
Today, I present another winner from Slow Cooker Revolution. I love that the cooking geeks at America’s Test Kitchen are super OCD about testing and retesting their recipes so I don’t have to tweak them too much at home.
They list some great, eye-opening tips for cooking chicken in the slow cooker:
Cook chicken ONLY 4-6 hours on LOW.
Choose meaty thighs for flavor.
Trim the fat and remove...
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Paleo Eats: 3/9/11
I’m starting another week of nightshifts tonight, so I was a busy bee this morning and early afternoon.
While the kids ate their breakfast, I threw the ingredients for Paleo Korean short ribs into my slow cooker.
Even Lil-O jumped in to help me make the simmer sauce.
When we came home from dropping Big-O at school, I ate some mini frittata muffins, roasted bell peppers, and baby carrots for...
